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Dhanika Pineda

#IamUCI – Dhanika Pineda

Reflection from Class of 2023 graduate Dhanika Pineda, B.A.s in literary journalism and English

Seven former editors-in-chief and two managing editors of the New University campus newspaper at UCI.

Pioneers of student journalism

For Women’s History Month, we look at the leaders of the New University campus newspaper

UICI student Sahana Vij standing in front of a tree and holding the cookbook Bake away that she wrote.

Recipe for change

Anteater Sahana Vij fights child hunger with proceeds from her new cookbook

Multipurpose career prep

Ian Massey ’13 credits success as financial adviser to his literary journalism degree

School of Humanities launches 3 new centers for interdisciplinary research, programming

The School of Humanities has announced the creation of the Center for Armenian Studies; the Center for Knowledge, Technology, and Society; and the Center for Storytelling. “The three new centers will serve as a nexus for interdisciplinary research and programming,” said Dean Tyrus Miller. “All have particular resonance and value at this very moment in […]

Barry Siegel, UCI professor of English and director of the Literary journalism program.

UCI sees jump in literary journalism majors

The pandemic has affected methods, but the mission of truth-telling is more important than ever

Literary journalism at UCI: The backstory

The who, what, where, when and why of the only such major in the nation

A guest lecturer with gravitas

Chancellor Howard Gillman, an expert on free speech, addresses literary journalism class studying it

Media maven

Humanities commencement speaker Sona Patel ’06 discusses post-UCI success

Literary journalist awarded Alicia Patterson Foundation grant for stories about epigenetics

Erika Hayasaki, a UCI associate professor of English who teaches literary journalism, has received a 12-month, $40,000 grant from the Alicia Patterson Foundation. The award will help fund Hayasaki’s research, reporting and travel for four magazine-style stories involving epigenetics, including twin studies, the intersection of science and the courts, and the future of gene editing. […]